Ken Calvert: “I would like to remind my friends in the majority, we don't run the House, we don't run the White House, and God only…”

“I would like to remind my friends in the majority, we don't run the House, we don't run the White House, and God only knows who runs the Senate. But I do know this, that the gentleman that the majority leader referred to, the ranking minority member in the United States Senate certainly wants an appropriation bill, but I think he has made it quite clear, and I think we have made it quite clear--the gentleman referred to Mr. Cole--I think he has made it quite clear that the legacy riders, which need to come back in, the poison pills have got to go out, the dollars, by the way, which we have not agreed to in defense spending because, as you know, the Committee on Appropriations did not agree to a number that passed in the United States House of Representatives. It did pass by the authorization committee at a higher number, and in the Senate by a higher number, both Republicans and Democrats. So I think we recognize that defense number has to go up and something else has to come down. If those things happen, I think we can have a serious negotiation. Until then, I am afraid we are going to be continuing to operate on a continuing resolution. Madam Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Mrs. Greene).”